The Sun. — London, England, 1864-11-15 00:00:00

)(01BY N.&IIIKET! AND POllll/gItOIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. sow easier condition which the Money Market is mend se and the comparatively small de. piir experienced for accommodation, are princi. ki Y. outing to the expected reduction in the official to lli nlum on Thursday lit t. The public are, there. e l holding over their bills in anticipation of the t a l l hut whether the hope that has been so gene c'e"Y induced is to be gratified by a decline of 1 per cent, in the Bank rata seems very probable, as it t hat I° ti me appear e d. T here is little doubt but i t the Positi on of the Bank will show a further Pravenl)nt, no twithstanding the withdrawals of the chi B°, d that have taken pl ace. B ut i t i s thought ted Prnents of specie may, if the rate be further Theeede be rev i ved upon an important scale. eas I an quotations to-day, howev er , h ave b een ver y at/a 7 1 per ce n t, h as been the charge for Ahe three months' bills. The fa ilure has occurred of Messrs Henry Powell vi t , 4118 1 provi s i on brokers, of Fenchurch.street, abilitiesli estimated at about £150,000. The 4 4 ) it is believed, will prove favourable, and as to 0 , 11° , 4 , 8 ° ill Very respectable efforts will be made s en a bl e the business to be continued under in. Pecti en. th 4 e ° °faci a l announcement has been made here on pi n Part of the Egyptian G overn ment by t he se4t4neiut the i n th i s country for a new 7 pe r ta 7ACl"e rn ment loan. Th e amoun t requ i r ed is lila '43200, of which £2,000,000 has already been 41: x ed b3' the contractors (Messrs. Oppenheim, of to th -411 dria) the remaining £3,704,209 being offere d 404 P : 11)1 in. The price of issue is 93, but this is res frsit-T 9 2 by reckoning the interest which accru es uutober last. The instalments extend t i ll t. s tl ` e ' l ` next, and the Egyptian Government accep 1141 1101 ? in circulation falling due next year, an d to OY,Ptian Trading Company's Debentures are ir sli - tl ft aen fora portion of the payment. The loan tee s ,l ()rif ied hY the Sultan, and the Viceroy gua . ran • h '"e due Payment of the interest by specially t herk up. -11145tilec , " b p the three provinces of Dekahbeb, Itved ee° ' and Behera, the revenues of which are 4 7g0 -t : Produce an annual rental of a bou t l 5 years n et. The loan is to be redeemed in tr att - "Y the action of a sinking fund, and the con; Pro °lllave Promised to admit all subscribers to h. ttior:;""" 4110tment, The bonds are quoted t ‘ n g un the Stook Exchange I 1 prem. 1 The m a r k Two O'CLOCK. le 1 34 t0 et for the English Funds has shown 10 per ter , lll , 6 0 great depression, and a decline of i Lo to o t _ 46 43 taken place. Nothing has transpired 1 ' ktttuksion this reaction, save the rumours of larg e .or , tc ( kot:ltile failures on the Continent. Consols! _. et . dese a ti : i e 90 i I, and for the account, less the &vi t. 0 4 , d e tt ) ;:t 1. The New Threes and Reduced An nul. i i, Dr,ar for - e ar I. tune Exchequer Bills, 5 . 3 d ' 1 , uent i in ° I and for June 53 Mar 11 dis. India 5 per It di/ ' .1 svui i• Debentures, 98 ; and the Bonds 4s 1: 14 th it 44 ° be: l'cle ign Market symptoms of depression I , kfilnikt4l aPparent, Co48,1.1:11. Turkish 6 per Cents., and there has not been i much 1, do. 711 724 ; T et Cl reelt l ; e , B ,' G ot ; Mexican, 28i I ; do. New, 26111 etieB 1::: 1 23 ; Spanish Passive, 3011 i; do. Cern a t tit te /,' 0 ; 4 14 ; Por li titill u i 6 3 65. tuguese, 47t, 1; and the Confede- at tither iv e , 66 ill the Railway Share Market has been 1 Ri° ett Nv -4(lti/ e; and prices have in several instances st N/lettet47* Midland have receded £1 58 ; (tre a t at 11 4 1, 444 Sonth Eastern, each £1; Lancashire ii 1°4 '1:1 1 t : 1 111 . r i re) 15 8 ; and North Eastern (Berwick), 3 Toe i e 'sodon and Blackwell have improved 3 s . little than Nign and Colonial undertakings exh ib i t littlit,° of importance. 41°4 4 e'llti Miacellaneous shares are in some in -81 / ; illktle flatter. Alliance have declined to 8 /14 V:j it 411 t London, to 61 7 ; Lon d on an d Coun ty et cled t 0 2z P "4 1 1 • and London Financial have re- i. PRICES' NG 00,, 84 1151a FUNDS—CL OSING} , Eal ila I) er Ce 411 FUNDS. 01 90a uo 4t. Consoles 691 1 pt.. ActoUtt, ti 88 i I lit; e e4t. h ed e e. 8 .... li a Per . 0 'iced 88k t 9 81 e l ,°' 2i ter ri e Ll. .. __ ... . AJo 613„,'„'ellt. Jan.. 1891 I, 4l kitc ~-. n'„ellt., Jan. 1873 1880 -- .uho 4,,egn-v yrs, expire sth Jan., - - _ -0 (ha 374 ) eXpire sth April, _ iit -, Sea Telegraph) Aug. kile he t hl. b b o t, t tills, 41 ,00, 4 & 3} pe l r 9 C oB e . n . t . l 6 l d a i r scl ll;ar j ' lll.led.ie 4 500 . . .... A EG} D 0 , £lOO and £2OO .. 238 9 1 ‘,O 41444 Stk, 51 per Ct. _ 1 liiht:t°llllt .......... 111,A 341,fet(YElf,N•stfixT SECURITIES. 218 v ° A ' lO per Cent., AprillB74. • •••• be 6 c h _ e qtnt . 106 i I I i N Pe r Cent; . .1 . 1 187 u .• ' • C tiej l e ;: r i tlt .. ... 11 . Y) _.— h be pllt., Oct, 1888 • • _., 0 1 E r n a' D o tre' eent. (Defamed 3 per Cent.).. -""' Do e e e .r l , aeent ................. zo 6 ,tIL-ne. Paper, 4 per Cent . tk Gr' vela., Jan. 1872 — bolz Per Cent., May, 1879 98 D o 8 Per Cent., Aug 1866 4 b0,1114x1,000 0"" 41.000 ................. . 11,.._ .... Afi tt . taGli FUN DS—CLOSING} PRICES. Br !lall toad ftznia,„ 8 , 5 Per Cent Uo .sc,:', , per eent .. . ..... Ito o" Cent.. 185 Z • .. e t4o.. 1863 ................ b e ;s: k Yree 6 per Cent. Ll'ilikZ°ll4l. •• ....... , — 0101)04i Pet e'llt. 011 ); Pet Cent DaCube 6 411 6 Per Cent be% Per C ent. EtadDo ' Der ent., 1826 tlPogorDte4r wCeja, 1861 ........ r:77lta°ll4°lllL4°ainiClialtl;darlan'te.r . Cent.. .. .... .1)0, s_ o , per Cent .................. 96 G , k_ i t h 1)0 4(')'unl B oattle .................. 9 5 %fret)), k4B ................... '"' Db o - ." pert e ent., 1821-5, ex -Coupons.. -- n obeo ''.......?11ti0 t ........................ 23i 0 j..,e(4,14..))1113.45t .......................... 4batetema 6 ~,,,.•;,_... ................. —__ atiliA 0 1830 8..../f,v....1-z.Brltt. ................ eu 6 ' ~,,,,A 18,u ....... - ... ...... —' tklexio,,,P3er (, ant, 06,60_ Itailway, 130 AocoPer c 'Att .. • • .............. 281 bo_ 0 nut ........................ 28U fiuper cent. 41,86 t ................ 27 6t Ditto Scrip, tta plficdc".P'etel3, ........ the per `ant v ........ -- die I bo Irrench Scrip, )c.. Win,' ...... 11i die d Moorish imperial 5 New Granada .. E ......... --- Do 2 Per Celli: .................... ..... Do Per ....... . ..... ........ .-". 120 Land Warrant.s.(lfe .......... ........ .. .. 1)o Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861:: -- Pernvilt° d o__ Aug., 1866.... 1.,p0 a pe;V:_el t.2,,nt: ............... pell1)° 41 6 4 : . kkj rl bar ren) • • • . ....... ... bo A Per tit., 1862 "ccolult. ..... ................... bl)o4gkilese 3 per Cent., 1853 .......... Ittljo 3 econnt .. . . ................ .. I,_ . per Cent., 1 866, '7, '9, '6O, 6' 3. e'Biktiocrnt ........................ 47a b per Cent 1 822, 4 St., ........ -- IP o l i per Cent 1850 . ~ ............... b o . 1860 .............. -- /Jbo , per Cent 1859 ............... b o . Per Cent, 1862 ................ 87 4,4llciegloDutch .................. 87i b4.eriP, 455 paid .................. Pol 14,h0 NI 5 per Cent. ................. tcikeeeunt ... . ........... -- b o ‘eh 3 per Cent .......................... Dobo kx,ecottnt ..... _. .................. - 0 " L i ew Deferred .................. . I)i;ecolnat ...................... -z I)zt,4 Ariive ....................... -Vni ,i_4',l. count ........................ ik,4. Gwedibo su Cert. of Coup not funded ...... 1,-4 , 13 ilizonnt ........................ turkio Seri 4 per Cent. .................. pm erl P, 460 •paid .................. DDos eh G per Cent. 1854 .............. —5 ,)o ecount ........................ ti.... boZ,°4 APer Cent. 1858 .. .. 70i 11 2 11nt, ...................... .... , 6 ,0 Bonds ................. _ _ _ _ _ 1), - , P." Cent. 186 2 • ....................... 72_ lt 2i 1)0 Zi-Ztot ........................ 7_4 2 1 2 1) b° tidB.. V . 6... ............. L i 1p Onaratteed, 4 per Cent.... ...... 1r041.08,613 Scrip, £4O paid ;)° keecaou3ll" Cent. D°to G per Cent . 18.94. ' . 0 Account .... ' 4-0 i 6 P Cent., 1.8.61 .................. 4 4 i ibividende Cente above payable in L ondon . 1301Rrellal, per , Ex. .10 Florins. —..... T 1 li per Cent., Ex. 2of. . arch,} per Cent., Ex 12 Gail b e 4 V re,e4lVr Cent. Certificates ......... _- 41410, Atentea, 2 per Cent ............ io ° Per Cent 1861 Ex. 25 francs t eeunt .. '0 ' ................... i Consols M THREE bo A ,s' °IleY ..... -.',09111.4..5ite "'" B'l ............ . ;ai i l 6 ;ico' I firpi ,4 fo°,, 11' 0 . 0 19 v 1 ) of ;ha;I I rfw,4l 0 pr i g til e $ 11 b e , til i o tr l II D re t VIA SIiARE LIARKETS,—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOK 3. Closing 1 Business Share; Railways. Paid. Price. done. .14., fir., Wol., and Str. Val. ;lythe and Tyne. it tristol and Exeter 3t :aledontan 50 'ork and Bandon 10 ;ornwall 10 10 )o. B A gets no div Io A till6p c.p an. ham (been paid to B. , 50 lublin & Belfast Juno. 15 iun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. st & Glasgow. et nasg. and S. Western. et ;reatEastern, Ord. stk et Ditto A stock Et Ditto East Anglian std et ;rcatNorthot Scotland I et treat Northern.. st Do A stock st. Do do et ;t. S. and W. of Irelail 1 St ;rent Westerr,Original et Do Str Val Erna. st Do. South Wales st Do. West Mid. -Oxtora Do Newport) et Do Hereford, st Lancashire & Yorkshire st London and Blackwalll et Lou., Bright.,& S. Coast' et Lon., Chat., and Dover et Lon. & North Western st Lon. & South Western' st Ilan., Shef., & Lincoln.' 50 tlaryport and Carlisle.' 12iDot shares 84 (6 129 130 6 7 . -- it Metropolitan It Indland It Do Binning. & Derby 03 did. Gt. W. of Ireland IS Do. shares lb 4lid Keat st lorth British 9t Odin., Perth, & Dundee l at ith. Eastern—Berwiok 16 Do, G.N.E. purchase, at Bo — Leeds st Do York st Do Carlisle... ... • • • • 15 Do. Stock. Darling. 25 Do do 1855-58 26 Do do 1800.01 st North London 10 Do New 10 Do New, 1804 st North Staffordshire .. 10 N. and S. W. Junction , et Scottish Central at Scot. N. E., Aber. stock at Do Scot. Mid. stock 10 Shrews. and Welohpool at Shropshire Union tt South it South Eastern 10 itaines,Wok.,andWok st rat! Vale. .. • 10 Do C ......... , 3t Vale of Neath st Waterford .t Kilkenny st West Cornwall st W. Hartlepool Handal 32 34 16 17 90 02 10 , 109 48i 491 61 711 137 139 155 157 130 13z 91 93 77 ;7i 67 69 59 61 41 46 91 10i 1161 ;17 81 85 104 ioi 38 40 119} 1191 97 19 661 C6l 122 k 123.4 137 1374 105 107 54 65 21i tsi 112 113 1 69 70 1 1 102 $7 88 10 11 8 9 e 120 122 lip 7? SO 10} 11 131 138 56 68 18 40 88 EBl 8 9 155 158 34 4i p Iks 108 38 40 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Prioe. Railways ktlantio & St I,Rwreßc. ;om.,Barodatt.Cent In. Gu. 5 per cent—. !O Do. E. 6hares. !Oa iurialo and Laae Huroi , to Do. Preference .... • • )0 j . 3uffalo,BrantotGodric) p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 187 )0 00. do. July 1, 187 DO )o. do. June 1, 18; st .)lcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lin st ;apeTown cv; Dock Scri DO Demerara 7 p.c. per. pf c•ck &wart. Bengal gu. ap. ook East Indian. ffu. 5 p. c 20 Do. do. J Eat ook Grand Trunk of Cana , t 0 Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 per cent 00 Do. Ist rret. Bonds 00 Do. do. deferred...... 00 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. 00 Do. do. deferred...... 00 Do. 3d P, ef. stock ... 00 Do. do. deferred...... 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... LOO Do. do. deferred...... ools Gt•lncliaPenin.gua. s p.c 20 Do. Gus. 5 per cen` $0 Do. New gua. 5 p. a Gook it. South.of India (Lim • - .... .... ____ _ guaranteed 5 per cent Ick Do. 41 per cent-- )ck Do. ... ... vi R. W. of Canada Share: 10i Do. New .. -- )0 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt )0 Do. 5i p. 0. do. '77-8 10 Indian Branch Limited )ok Iladras guar., 5 p. 0. )ok Do. 41 p. 0. Extensim )ek Do. 44 do ...... • • tO Do. Fifth Extension. nek Aelb.Corp. v p. o. Both 50 llelb. & llobson's Bay. 10 gewßrunswiok et Cand, Class A and 8.. . I.Rl.C'da6 pc Ist pi bd' toes Soinde ...... -- .. , . Lock Do. Delhi,. ......1 , 5 S SOilo. d 0........... t.. t st Do. Punjaub ...._ ta : i g* 00k 00. Indue.St. Flo,) x- all 100 (100 100 2 1 ICO klOO 03 6) 102 LO3 bt t ip 86 9i ci 93 81 SO 103 105 1035 I 4 Hi ZOi 90 92 70 73 60 62 64 66 55 57 53 55 90 50 29 31 27 29 103} 1041 pr tp pr tp 100 101 9i 91 11i 11 , 91 Pa 81 E 3 d 10, I 103 91 96 88 fO.l 9 Cl Business don• . 66 5j 54i t 30i 3) 103 i 4 1021 i 6 80 83 100 i 100 1001 100 id 0 101 162 85 87 1011 2 • COLONIAL UOVEILNMENT SBCU British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872.... 100 Do. do. 1883.... 100 p.o.Ja. dtJ ui: 1877-81 ..—........... 100 98 172 100 1 Do. ap. c. Feb.& Aug 100 98 1 0 Do. 6p. a. Mar. t.t Sept 100 98 100 Do. 6p. o. Jan.BrJuly. 10t 90 92 901 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 88 92 ape o.llope, op 0,187: 100 104 106 Do.Ap & Oct. 188( 100 105 107 1061 51 Do. 1891 100 106 108 107/ )o. Jan. & July. 1891.. 100 108 110 _;eylon, N0v.1868, 6p (1 100 101 105 Do. 1878, do. ton t O3 1 1 2 Mauritius 6 p.cent. lB73 00 1 03 106 Do. 1878 100 105 108 Do. 1882 100 .07 110 - natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 6 105 sl.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&Jul.) 100 96 99 r. S.W. (.3 ov. 5 p 0., 18h. 100 97 99 Do. sp. C.,1871 to 127. 100 95 97 Do. d0.,1888 Stupwth 160 94 95 11 iew Zealand 6 p cent 100 103 106 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 100 102 4ueensland Gov. 6p. o. 100 ,103 105 1032 i.Aus Gov. 6 p.0.1t 68- 100 Do. 1,78 36 upward; 100 106 108 Vlo.GoV. 6 p.c. Ja.3lJuly 100 - Do. 10 6 p.o. AnAtOot.. 100 >O7 1(8 1071 1 BRITISH. MINES. 2 'ambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 Chiverton 3 6 7 Jorlord Amalgam ated —3) 32 )(won 0. Cone. (Tavist 1 580 600 • Drakewalls...... ••.. N 2.1.0. t 1 west iSassett JU 50 62 1.14.1 18 2 0 mast Caradon ..... ' , ;ast Cara Brea 3.4.0 64 7 East Grenville 2.7.0. 7 71 --East Lovell ..... • ... 2.13.6. 12 13 121 t4"l Russel (Tavistk. 8.13.. 41 4.1 lam.,tSt.Aubyn(Gwen 60, 6 8 4 Great Laxey, all 15)1 161 Treat Soutn 1.7 s 14 2 1. Wheal Vor (11c1stoi, 10 33 25 34 irenville 7B '. 54 6 lend's-Foot 8.13 85 37 lingston Downs 1.18.. 444 dargaret (Clay Lelant 7 g ‘larke Valley.. l r 4 41 4 •lyndv Iron Ore (Lim. 24 1% / .. l9 21 6 ew Seton 214 CO 70 —• ‘lorth Downs... 3 } l7 1 1 North Roskear. , 291 17 19 •.Vt n'i Basset(Illooa. 3.1; .6 11 2 ;orth Wheal Crotty Prosper United 7.1 . ,. 3i 3/ 'rovidettoe(liny Lelm tu 6.7 1 31 36 iouth Caradon(St.Cleei 11 520 540 ?Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.1 33 36 itray Park fin Croft . 15 16 Nest Basset (Illogan).. 14 8 9 Cr radon (Liskeard 9 5 6 West Chiverton West Sown # . .... 1 210 220 wn Nheal Basset (Mogan 54 90 93 Nheal Buller(ltedrutl, 10 1 12 14 NhealLud , ott •••..... 3.5 J 1 11 N heal Mary Ann ;:den 8 , 15 17 Wheal Oeton 584 200 205 ',V heal TrelaWliCy (Lie 7 19 21 Wheal Union 4 1 PREFERENCE SHARES. Gt. Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford 2d guaranteed stock, 116 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1, 109 11 London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 94 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., 94 North Staffordshire, 216 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 45 per cent. pf., Ditto, 5 per cent. pf, 99 Ditto, new p e r cent. pf., 95 London, Brighton, itc.,l(per cent., 1860. £0 London, Chatham, itc., Metrop. E.xt.,18 6 per cent., 92 Metropolitan 5 per cent., 105 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Greenwich, 62 - London, Tilbury, and Southend, 100:6 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco k li.n.) gua. 7 per cent., 141 1 Belgian Eastern Junction,lll 6 Great Luxembourg, 11/ j 1 Imperial Mexican, 34 Ottom an (Smyrna to Aldin), • 01 Recite and San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 144 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 201 1 FOREIGN MINES. East del Bey 11 St 3 . im la Vallta,zas3a Gold, I n j t o . btu delr aßßeayriam(zu 1 3 d 5 5 1 1 6 1 n 5. Co., 1 Yudautunutana of S. Australia, lira., 2 Agra andM taterman's (lim.). Ditto, new, Alliance rum.) , 18 2 8 paid in advance, 80/ lead at 30 pm , calla Ditto, new, An g D io i t A t o u , s i tr s t e n d , a 7 t 3. pm. , of whioh 10 is pd , 231 4 1 Australasia, ,1 Bank of Egypt. 291 s Bank of New Zealand , 16} o and China, 62 3, Chartered Nier. of India, Lon Au on, Chartered Bank of India, s d tralia and Chin la. 39 5 Colonial, lira., 43 a 24 Consolidated Bank, lira ., 111 2 East London, lira., 6 1 7 European Bank, lira., 91 0 (lira.), 301 Hindustan, (Anna, and Japan Imperial Bank (lira.), 35 4i Ditto, new, 29 11 Imperial Ottoman, 17} 17 International Bank, lira., 10 , 4s a Land Mortgage Bank of India, um. London Bank of Mexico and S. America. /1111., 4} London Chartered Bank of Australia, ZDI London and Comrty, 80 791 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, lira., 8 7 London Joint Stock, 4 >0 9 Ditto, new, 26 6 L oudon and So u th Af r i can, 24 Metro London and i politan\ and estminster Provincial B Bank, lim.,' 1 6 i Oriental Bank Corporation .:591 erode, punjaub, and Delhi, lint.,South Australia, 351 5 South Eastern, lira., Union of Ireland, ihn., 191 Union Of London, 58 48}$ I 156 7 77 617 44i 4 5 1161 17 82 31 2 3 1191 181 19) 981 121 2 3 137 61 71 1121 66.4 701 1011 E 8391 71 8 1 I'HE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, 1864. DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 701 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim., 3; Bombay Gas, lira., 4; Continental Union Gas, lira., 10; Contract Corporation, lira., 2 Credit Foncier and Mobilicr of England, 7f 4 Ditto (£2), 4} Discount Corporation, 15* Egyptian Com. and Trading, Um., 51 1 Electric Telegraph, 108 7 Financial Corporation,:; Gen.:Credit and Finance of London, lim., 61 ; Home and (l , lonial A ssurance, lira., 6 Hudson's Bay, 17k Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., lim., 71 ; International Financial society, lira., 71 ; ; International Land Credit, lim., 4* Joint Stock Discount, lim.. 61 London Financial Association, lim., 24k 31 Ditto, new,V3* M , dras Irrigation and Canal, 5 ti atal Land and Consolidation Company, lim., 51 National Discount Company, lira., 15 * National Financial, National Provincial Marine, I* North British and Mercantile Insurance, lim., 191 Ocean At arine (Insurance), 271 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, lim.. 251 1 Smith, Knight, and Co., lim., 31 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., 7* 1 Warrant Finance, lim., V; 1 COURT OF ALDERMEN—This Day. ALLEGED CONFESSION OF MULLER. It having been announced that some matters relative to documents written by the convict Muller prior to his exe cution would be brought before the Court of Aldermen held this day, the Court was crowded to excess. At 1 o'clock the Lord Mayor took the chair. and some routine business having been transacted, Mr Alderman Dlayarr rose and seid—My Lord Mayor, in handing in the report of the gaols of the City the Sheriffs are desirous of informing your lordship and the Court, that on Sunday evening the governor of Newgate handed to them a paper, written by the late unhappy convict Fran• Muller, containing a long statement connected with the crime for which he suffered. It was carefully read over and considered by the Sheriffs, and contained much which has been already published in the newspapers, and having for its object the accounting for his time on the Saturday night—the cirumstances under which he became possessed of the watch and chain and hat so as to appear consistent with his innocence, but does not contain any statement suggesting the guilt of any party. As a confession was afterwards made by Franz Muller, the Sheriffs sealed up the paper on Monday after noon, considering its publication would possibly answer no useful purpose, but in a matter of so much importance they wish to avail themselves of the ad vice of their brother magistrates. The LORD MAYOR said he had received a communication from Dr Cappell, who had attended Muller in his last mo ments, in which the rev. gentleman said there were some documents which Muller had left behind, and whiob he (Dr Cappel) requested might be given up to him as his spiritual adviser. Alderman and Sheriff BESLEV said we have great respect for Dr Cappell, and we desire to thank him for his attention to this case, and we also desire that our thanks should be tendered to him publicly ; but so far from giving up any documents which had been intrusted to them, the sheriffs would pause before they gave up any documents which had came into their hands officially. Alderman WILSON said—Before we proceed with this, there is another thing which I wish to bring before the Court as this question of the confession is now before them. A gentleman who understood German, and who came from Cheltenham, and personally well known to me, made an application for admission to the gaol, on the ground that he could, from his knowledge of the language and the pro bably imperfect knowledge of English possessed by Muller, do somo good to bringing him to a sense of his con dition, but the Sheriffs had, and so had he, as one of the visiting magistrates, declined to admit him, on the ground that Muller was already attended by a German clergyman. That gentleman had come more than 120 miles for the express purpose, sod had been refused admit tance. But much to my astonishment I saw that another clergyman had been admitted, and his statements published in one of the public jouruals. That statement contained extravagant explanations of the interview wit h Muller, and it is my intention to move that this matter be referred to the Gaol Committee, to know by whose authority the gentle man to whom I have referred was admitted to the gaol. It is not my intention to read the lengthy document to the court, which occupies nearly a column in the newspaper, but I shall refer it to the committee, who will see it in detail. [Alderman Wilson then quoted at great length from the letter in question ] Ile continued—This extract was sent to me by a party who firmly believed in Muller's guilt, but who, after reading the letter, said to me, " After such a statement, surely you will not think of Executing Muller." 9d9 persons out of every thousand were satisfied with the trial—the judges—one of whom was the senior upon the Bench expressed themselves fully satisfied, and almost the whole world were convinced that justice was done and truth arrived at by the verdict. This statement has gone through the length and breadth of the land, and when the sheriffs refused to admit a clergyman — Mr Sheriff BE6LEY—On the ground that one was already attending him. Alderman WILSON—And was told that no one would be allowed to see him except the ordinary minister of the gaol and the German minister who was attending at Muller's own desire, I think it was ono of the greatest breaches of privileges that could have occurred ; and I hope that, if this matter be referred to the Gaol Committee, we shall find out who admitted him. I therefore move that this document, and the whole of the papers connected with the matter, be referred, with the gaol returns presented by the Sheriffs, to the Gaol Committee. Mr Alderman COPELA.ND said that no one could hesitate to second such a proposition, but he thought it right that the Court should know that, as visiting magistrate, he had consented to the admission of Dr Cappell, but only under the condition that Muller wished to see him. Upon Muller being told what the Doctor desired, he expressed a most anxious wish to see him, and ho (Alderman Copeland) felt it his duty to carry out the law, which he thought pointed out the duties of visiting magistrates that no spiritual ad viser should be forced upon a culprit unless he wished to see him. He strictly followed the provisions of the act of Parliament, and cared nothing for any statements that might be made as to his conduct as a magistrate, so long as he felt and knew that he had the approval of his own con science, the way in which he did his duty. He therefore seconded the motion. Sheriff BESLEY said that in admitting persons to the gaol they did that which they believed to be right. As far as the Rev. Mr Battiecombe was concerned, who had written the later in question, neither himself nor his brother she riff had admitted him, and by the publication of that letter he had committed a breach of confidence, which, it was to be hoped, would be ascertained by the committee asked for. Numerous applications had been made by various clergymen, each of whom seemed to have some patent moth3d of their own for evangelising criminals and finding out the secrets of crime. Alderman and Sheriff DAICIN passed a high compliment to the kind, decorous, and considerate manner in which Dr Cappell had discharged his duties, and begged to say that the rev. gentleman accompanied Muller to the scaffold by the culprit's own request. After some observations from Alderman SYDNEY, with regard to the execution having been fixed a week earlier than in pro/ ions cases, Sheriff DAYIN said the appointment of the day was after consultation with the Lord Chief Baron. The motion was carried. The name of the writer of the letter was stated as Rev s H. Batliscombe, Blackheath, Kent. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,--This day. MARLBORO - UGH- STREET. ATTEMPTED Jessemer, an engineer, living in Wardour-street, Soho, was charged beforo Mr Tyrwhitt with stabbing with a knife Leonard Arthur Blackburn, a blacksmith residing in Black Lion-court, Berwick-street, St, James's, at the City of London public house, No. 104, Berwick-street, St. James's. On the prisoner being placed at the bar, Inspector Draper said—The injured man is not able to attend, and the con stable in the case has a certificate from the Middlesex Hos pital. Edward Coningham, a boy employed as waiter at the City of London public-house, 104, Berwick-street, said— Yesterday evening, between 7 and 8 o'clock, the prisoner and Mr Blackburn and another man came into the house. Mr Blackburn was leaning against a partition and the other person named Orford was talking to the prisoner. The prisoner stcod with his hand under his coat, and suddenly drew out a knife and stabbed Mr Blackburn twice, and tried to do it a third time, but my master jumped over the coun ter and prevented him, and took the knife from the prisoner. If my master had not done so the li:honer would have stabbed Mr Blackburn again ? Mr Tyrwhitt —Did the prisoner say anything? Witness—Yes. He said he was glad he had done it. Richard DJpb, 64 C, here produced the knife, a pocket clasp knife, with a long and sharp blade. Mr Tyrwhitt—The prisoner actually stabled Blackburn twice ? Witness—Yes ; but made a third atteml,t. Prisoner—Did not Blackburn call me a humbug, and a butcher ? Witness—l did not hear him, Prisoner—That's all I wish to ask you. If you did not hear him I did. Charles Orford, of No. 3, Tyler's-court, Wardour-Street, said—Three of us were in the City of London publichouse together and talking. There was no quarreling. The pri soner put his hand under his coat, and then struck Black burn on the breast, saying at the same time, "Take that." I thought the blow at first was given with the fist, but directly after Blackburn said, "I am stabbed," and at the same moment I saw blood spurt from the wound. I then put my hand on the wound to prevent the flow of blood-- Mr Tyrwhitt—Had anything been said by the prisoner to the injured man? Witness—l do not think there had been any words be tween the prisoner and Blackburn at all. The landlord jumped over the counter and held the prisoner by the arms and took the knife from him. I kept my hand on the wound till a cab came, and I then went with Blackburn to the Middlesex Hospital, where I left him in charge of the medical men. I was smothered with blood. Prisoner—You did not see the landlord take the knife from me. I gave it up to him. Blackburn called me a dog or devil, and something more. Richard Delph, 61 C—l was yesterday evening called to the City of London public-house, Berwick-street , and found Blackburn bleeding very much from a wound on the breast. I sent for assistance, and on another constable coming I took the prisoner and asked him h®wy he had used the knife, and he replied, " I shall not tell just now." The knife produced was given to ice by the landlord of the house. The injured man was taken to the Middlesex Hos pital in a cab. Mr Tyrwhitt—Have you been to the hospital this morn- ing? Delph—l have. The injured man is unable to leave his bed. I received this certificate. The certificate was as follows : "This is to certify that Leonard Arthur Blackburn was brought to this hospital last night suffering from an incised wound in the neck, and he is unable to leave his bed. "J. A. SMITH, House-surgeon. "Middlesex Hospital, Nov. 15." Mr Tyrwhitt—The prisoner will be remanded for a week on this very serious charge, as he will find it to be. The prisoner was then removed. While the charge was being taken against the prisoner last night he said, " Yes, I stabbed him; and I will do it again if ho tells lies about me, and I will be hanged for him, like Mullen!' Destruction of the Confederate Ram Albe marle by a Torpedo Boat. We have already published the official report received by the last steamer from New York of the destruction of the Confederate ram Albemarle by a Federal torpedo boat. As the torpedo boat em ployed on this occasion, though of wooden con struction, was fitted with its torpedo battery on the same system as that which has been applied to the ironclad torpedo vessels, a number of which are being constructed by the Federal navy, two--the New Era and Stromboli, being already launched and ready for sea—the following particulars, fur nished by the naval reporter of the Yew York ri bune, as to this recent and etriking instance of the manner in which an enemy's ships, however formid able, are speedily and effectually disposed of by the new armament, will be read with interest, espe cially as they undoubted:y confirm what has been said about another new era being commenced by the application of this new engine of war to iron ships:-- The Confederate ironclad ram Albemarle, re ported to have been destroyed on the 28th ult. by the United States Picket Boat No. 1, was built in the Roanoke River for the purpose of clearing the waters of North Carolina of our naval vessels, and driving off the United States troops who were located at various posts. On several occasions she has spread terror throughout that depart ment, and has caused serious annoyances to our forces, both naval and military. On the 6th of May the United States naval forces, consisting of the wooden gunboats Massachusetts, Sassacus, Wyabusing, Miami, Whitehead, Cores, and Com modore Hull, engaged the Albemarle and her con sorts Cotton Plant and Bombshell, and, after a .ter rible conflict, the Albemarle was forced to retreat, having been seriously damaged by the fire of our gunboats, but principally by the Sassacus. " The Cotton Plant escaped, but the Bombshell, which had been captured a short time previous, was recaptured. From that time until a few weeks since the ram has been quietly receiving repairs, and has been strengthened with a view to accomplishing her object with a fatal cer tainty. Lieutenant Wm. Cushing, of our navy, was anxious to have her come out, so that he might test the merits of the torpedo arrange ment. It is, perhaps, proper to state that the Albemarle was constructed upon the general principles of the Merrimac and Tennessee class of vessels, and was, perhaps, much stronger than either of those vessels since she was repaired of late. " She had the ordinary casemate, in which were placed four heavy guns; she was probably shot proof against any projectiles thrown by our vessels, and the only hope of destroying her, before the advent of the torpedo affair was by running her to death—but with tho torpedo boat the matter was easily accomplished, provided always she could get close enough to do the work without being observed before the guns could be trained and fired upon her. In case the little torpedo boat did its duty, and but for a shot from a shore battery, she would now be ready to perform a similar feat. " PICKET BOAT NO. 1. St The little vessel which has performed the deed of destroying this noted ram is a boat not unlike a ship's launch, and about the same dimensions. Six of them have been built under the superintendence of Captain C. S. Boggs, U.S.N. Their engines, boilers, &e., were put in them at Schenectady, New York, and were brought down here rev canal. " Tney were designed at first for picket boats exclusively, and for the purpose of relieving the seamen from the hurtful and unhealthy work of pulling boats on picket in all kinds of weather. Before they were completed, how ever, the idea of placing the torpedo attachment on them was suggested, and immediately adopted, and the wisdom of the suggestion is already proven. "No officer has laboured more faithfully to de stroy this Albemarle than has Lieut. Cushing. A few weeks since he visited New York, and selected some of the picket boats for service in Albemarle Sound, end we now have the first results of his daring and good judgment in using this new engine of naval warfare, which in a short time will revo lutionise naval fights. The true plan is being adopted. The bottom of a vessel is its most vulner able part, and by this arrangement it is reached, broken through, and the vessel must sink or be utterly destroyed." The Ontario Inquiry. —Decision of the Court. The assessors of the Board of Trade gave their decision in the case of the Ontario at Liverpool yesterday. It was as follows : The C.urt, having carefully investigated the cir• cumstances connected with the loss of the screw steamship Ontario on Hasbro' Sande, on the morn ing of the 16th alt., has come to the conclusion that this is not one of the class of cases in which blame attaches to the master. The evidence shows that the ship was under the charge of a licensed pilot appointed by the owners, and that the master was locally unacquainted with the coast. The Court does not hold that in all cases the fact of a pilot being on boakd is to relieve the master from re sponsibility ; but in this case, as they see no neglect or dereliction of duty, either on the part of the master or his crew, Mr. John Brook ing cannot fairly be held amenable for the loss of his ship. The Court has, therefore, great pleasure in returning Mr. Brooking his cer• tificate. The Court regrets that it cannot take so favourable a view of the conduct of the pilot. It is of opinion that Mr Alexander Scott evinced a want of caution in the navigation of this vessel, in continuing his course at full speed after failing to make either the Dudgeon or Dowsing light vessels, instead of hauling up and proceeding slowly until he had ascertained his position. The Court cannot, however, deal with the pilot under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, which regus later these inquiries, but will feel it their duty to report the opinion thus expressed to the Board of Trade. It is unnecessary in giving this judgment, to add anything bearing upon the collateral ques tion which has arisen out of this inquiry, relating to the services of the Yarmouth lifeboat. The mat ter will bo dealt with in the report which the Court will make to the Board of Trade. Toe decision was read by Mr Ite.files, the legal assessor, on the part of himself and Captains Harris and Baker, nautical assessors ; and the certificate was immediately handed to Captain Brooking. er. I The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.25 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is at about the same price in Paris and London. By advic:s from Hamburg the price of gold is 423 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.51 per £1 stcrlin... Standard gold at the English Mint price 19, therefore, about 7-htlis per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg, TYBURN TREE.—The dread "Tyburn Tree," " The fatal retreat for the unfortunate brave," was for a long time a fixed gallows of triangular form, and was called, in derision, the " three-legged mare," or the "three-footed stool." Hogartb, in his execution print of the " Idle Apprentice," gives a view of it, and enables us tojudge, besides, of the motley and rnffimly crowd which gathered together on such occat,:ons. The place of execution was subsequently a little further down the Edgeware road, opposite Upper Bryanston - street, where a gallows was erected on the morning of execution, consisting of two up • right posts and a cros,beam. Fur some years this gallows was kept in a house at the corner of the street just named; it had ` curious iron balconies' to the windows, from which the sheriffs used to witness executions, After the place of execution was changed to Newgate the gallows was bought by a carpenter, and made into stands for beer butts in the vaults of the Carpenters' Arms public-house, hard by,— Chqmbers's ,T real. THAMES. NOVEL CIIIRGE 07 BEING DRUNK AND INCAPABLE. — Emma Brown, a young woman, was brought before Mr Paget charged with being drunk and incapable of taking care of herself. Police-constable 104 K said the prisoner was drunk and incapable last night. She came to the Bow station-house very much intoxicated, and said that she wanted a night's lodging, and was locked up. Mr Paget said the evidence of the police-constable was the strangest definition of being drunk and incapable he had ever met with. Tho woman came to the station-house, said she was drunk, insisted on a night's lodging, and was locked up, The prisoner said she mistook the station-house for the Stepney Union House at Bromley. She got out of a rail way carriage where the train stopped opposite the Stepney Union House, at Bromley, and walked into tho station. house instead of the workhouse. Mr Paget—You are a pauper. The prisoner—Yes, eir. I had leave of absence yester day. Mr Paget—And got drunk. I don't believe you mistook the stationhouse for the workhouse. They were mole than a mile apart. You are discharged. DEAD DRUNK.—John Fleet , a dock labourer, was charged with being insensibly drunk in the St. Katherine Dock yesterday afternoon. A dock watchman stated that he found the prisoner dead drunk on the brandy quay yesterday afternoon, and he vomited a good deal of liquor from his stomach. The prisoner expressed great contrition, and said he had been in the service of the dock company many years, and was nevar drunk there before. Mr Paget—lt is a very dangerous thing indeed to be drunk in the dock. You were in &Inge! of rolling into the basin and being drowned. You are discharged. DRUNK AND RIOTOUS.—Ann Hinaman, an elderly mar ried woman, the wife of a steady, hard working bricklayer, was charged with being drunk and riotous in Ratcliff-high way yesterday afternoon. Dannevill, 140 H, said the prisoner had been drunk 50 times to his knowledge, and was incorrigible. The prisoner—l will become a teetotaller. I will,indeed. Mr Paget—You are lined 5s for being drunk. WESTMINSTER• SINGULAR CASE OF FELONY.—Jane Rill, an intelligen, looking child, only 10 years of age, was placed in the felon's dock charged with stea!ing a sovereign. Mrs Ann Allwood, of 65, Milbank-street, Westminster, wife of a stone merchant, said that prisoner occasionally came to the house to nurse her infant. She was there on Saturday night, and in her presence prosecutrix placed a sovereign in a purse and put the latter in a drawer, On the next afternoon her husband went to the purse and found gone. The prisoner had promi sed Sunday asdwaybut failed to do so , a nd as she was s sent for y es t er d a y, but the sovereign was t tsa h ouo a s: tpof suspected the cute ne d on n. sovereign hthee w sa Mr Arnold—What evidence is there against the child? Inspector Humphreys—She is found in possession of half a sovereign which she gave to her father. Perhaps you would like to hear him. The little girl's father, a journeyman tailor, working at a West-end house, said that his wife and children were in the habit of meeting him on Saturday night as he came home, and did soon Satu r d ay. Di re ctly she saw him she put a half-sovereign in his hand, told him she had picked it up, and asked him what it was. She said she had picked it up near the Houses of Parliament. When he hoard that his daughter was suspected of stealing a sovereign ho took her to Mrs Allwood's, but she positively denied-all know ledge of it. The child's mother was now called, and said that she went with the accused and her little brother to meet their t p t e n d g to pick it up, and saw what she through the Broad Sanctuary, and prisoner thinking one off fireworks as they passed father. w a s took to be a bright farthing, and brought it to her moth. A little bay, the brother, said ho was present and saw his sister pick up the coin as described. Mr Arnold —I think the child is perfectly innocent, and not qAuitbeosPeWatalistolno discharge her. If this had been a sovereign found instead of a half, which I have no doubt was picked up, and there had been no witnes ses of the fact, as there are, I am afraid circu.nstantial evidence would have fix e d a s trong impute 'ion against the poor She was imniediately discharged. -er at the Lord Mayor's Banquet. M. Be 9khNo o v f em M b . e ß r Berryer. The presence , attained its climax in Tthhee brief but, on e hlegtanet speech of this distinguished a dvocate tended materially to increase the brilliancy of the gathering at . the Lord Mayor's table, and his response to the toast which called him to his feet was a most suitable finale to that part of the entertain ment which is usual l y considered " a feast of reason and a flow of soul." Li ke a wise poet, M. Berryer took his tone from the scene and circumstances around him. He saw there some of the results of a stubborn conservatism of usages, and he was struck by the advantages of adhering to the institutions that had been tested by the wear and tear of centuries, as compared with the uncertainties and frequent disappointments necessarily attendant on inconsistent change. how could one who has seen revolutions of all kinds 7 some sudden and some slow, ono of the latter class being still in progress in the capital wherein his fame had been acquired—how could such an one sit down at the Lord Mayor's table and not feel that the past has bequeathed to this ago many things that the world will not willingly let die ; things that ensure security, plenty, liberty, and a healthy public spirit, all of which might have been wanting in a state of society newly founded or hastily remodelled u nder the inspiration of contempt for the past ? Charmingly did M. Berryer express this feeling of his mind when he spoke of the happiness of the nation , that knows how to gu ard the traditions of its fathers, and which in retaining the ir usages, in a certain sense, recalls them from th it gra ves, and has still the benefit of their counsel. M. Berryer has touched the secret of the success of municipalities in this country, and will no doubt carry home with him as useful impressions of the civic life and meows of old England,—CilY Fic.B, COM) EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE---This Day. SHREWSBURY RACES—This DAY. RY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. MATCll.—Tiaion Leat Lisette. SALOPIAN STAKES. Attache - . 1 rautaloon HANDICAP PLATE. Peru Colleen Vision genuineness. Nov. 14,1864. PAINFUL SCENE.—On Friday last an eitraord nary and painful scene took place at Woodaton, near Peterborough. The eldest son of Mr Thomas Powell, a highly respectable farmer of the v illa g e, havin g died, his parents wished to have him buried in the pretty Title church yard of the parish. Asa matter of courtesy, the Rev. A. Murray, Independent minister, to whose congregation Mr Powell belonged, waited upon the Rev. J. Ellaby, the incumbent, and informed him that Mr Powell was a strict Nonconformist, and objected to the use of some portions of the Burial Service. Subsequently, Mr Ellaby went with Mr Powell himself to the churchyard and chose a site for the grave, and no obstacle of any kind was anticipated. On Friday afternoon, when the funeral procession ap proached the churchyard, the grave was found prepared. Halting at the entrance the corpse was placed on a chair, while the Rev. A. Murray read a simple service such as Dissenters use on such occasions. He was so engaged when a messenger arrived with the intimation that the Rev. J. Ellaby was waiting in the church. A courteous reply was returned that the services of the clergyman would not be required, and a move was made towards the grave. Mr Ellaby issued from the church, and declared in an excited manner that the corpse should not be buried there. Mr Murray stepped on one side and said, " You are aware, Sir, that we have the privilege of silent inter ment." "I do not care for your privileges," the incum bent replied, " I will throw you into the Ecclesiastical Court." He then left the churchyard, bidding the sexton stand by the grave. Meanwhile the afflicted mourners were looking on in a state of grief and perplexity which may well be imagined. At last the father stood forward and said, " If no one would fill in the grave of his child he would do so himself." He took a spade for that purpose, but the sexton wrenched it by force out of his hands. A crowd had gathered round, and hootings and cries of " Shame" were raised, but Mr Ellaby did not return, and without his authority the sexton would allow no one to touch the grave. Eventually the relatives reluctantly with drew, leaving the body unburied. On the following day (Saturday) the grave was filled in by the incumbent's order, but whether the Church Burial Service was read over it or not our reporter has been unable to learn,--NanchesOcr Examiner. Stockinger •A 1 Warrior _.• 2 Lady Bohun Thirteen ran, STEWARDS' CUP. Queen of Trumps 1 Turcos . - ._ -- 3 Ten ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Faith Biondella .. Nine ran. SHREWSBURY CUP. Dunkeld Balham 2 Wandering Minstrel Thirteen ran. SEVERN STAKES. Birdfiader 2 Attraction .. Six ran. ENVILLE HALL STAKES Convent Pupil Welland Five ran. SHORTS HANDICAP. Flageolet Tragedy 3 King of Greece Seven ran. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. Phrenological Examination of Muller's Read from the Cast. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN• Dr. Donovan begs to inform the Editor of The Sun that he received special permission from Sheriff Dakin to take a cast of the head of Muller after his execution. To Dr. Donovan the cast has no direct pecuniary value, for he does not sell casts. During the last 25 years Dr. Donovan has only in two instances been refused permission to take such casts, of which there is a collection Freserved at New gate. The cast of Muller, which Dr. Donovan sends for the Editor's inspection, shows.the mark of the rope and its C. DoNovex, Ph. D. If Muller's confession at the last moment had not set the question of his guilt at rest, the doubt would not have been wholly removed by such testimony as is offered to the phrenological eye by his cerebral organisation. For though there are ugly points in the development, the head, as a whole, is by no means of the low criminal typo. With such heads as those of the burkers—Burke, Hare, Williams, Bishop ; or the heads of Rush, Palmer, Mrs. Manning ; or those of the class feeble, such as Bellingham, Stevenson, Taylor of Manchester, and Mullins—this head of Muller refuses to be classed. Still the head, seen by the experienced eye, has repulsive features. Had not facts borne so stongly on the side of guilt, the head would admit of serious doubts. It is certainly indicative of deep craftiness—the most unsafe of characteristics--and of the capacity to act a part with accomplished dissimulation. It indicates also much covetousness of property. That cruelty and the killing propensity are in the lower animals associated witn craftiness is certain. It cannot be said that man is an exception. Ceteris paribus, the more craftiness the more cruelty may be affirmed of human beings, as is testified by the savage races. Muller was crafty, and under this disguise lay hid the savage that under tempta tion predominated. But even if the head were free from the dangerous points, even ii it were what could be called really well formed, no one understanding the doettines of phrenology would venture to assert that there would be a necessary exemption from the liability to fall into vicious courses, and ultimately to commit a crime of the deepest dye. Organisat on of brain is very influential for good, or for evil. But so are external influences ; i, e., education in the widest sense of tee term. Muller was naturally sym pathetic, conscientious, affectionate. obliging, regardful of reputation, humane. But to what extent did outer in fluences tend to nourish such dispositions? " When," says the late Archbishop of Dublin, " Thurtell, the mur derer, was executed, there was a shout of derision raised against the phrenologists for saying that his organ of " Benevolence" was large. But they replied that there was also a large " Destructiveness," and a moral deficiency which would account for a man goaded to rage—by having been cheated out of almost all he had by the man he killed —committing that act. It is a remarkable confirmation of their view, that a gentleman who visited the prison where Thurtell was con fined, shortly after the execution, found the gaolers, &c., full of pity and affection for him. They said he was a kind, good-hearted fellow, and that they never had a prisoner whom they t egretted so much. And such seems to have been his natural character when not influenced at once by desire of revenge and of gain." —.aintroiatiens to Bacon. Like Thurtell, Muller was not a badly organised man ; far from it. By what infelicitous influences, internal and external, he came to be capable of committing so horrid a murder, who can say ? The head on the posterior region is strongly an;malised , but the moral region,per se, is well developed supoificially, though somewhat deficient in height es compared with its width. 1 have remarked in most of the heads of foreigners executed in England within the last 25 years a coarseness of skin approaching to the grain of the pig's skin. This is very visible in Muller. I have not seen the like in English heads. It suggests an inference affecting the quality of the brain, the general mental condition, and the breed of the man. The head is positively large, and is indicative of much bodily strength. Altogether, it is a study for the phrenologist, and it should serve as a caution against drawing hasty conclusions for or against from the celebral developments only. Phrenology affords to the adept in the science a most important basis for the study of character. It supplies facts of great value, and proclaims natural laws which before Dr. Gall's discoveries "lay hid in night." But the flippant presumption of many of its early amateur students has done more to give rise to misconception and distrust of the science than any opposi tion it has met with. That Muller should have gained the good-will of his acquaintances, and imposed on his re verend compatriot by professions of innocence, are facts in harmony with his organisation. The physiognomist would I find in his mouth and chin au expressitai more positive of its kind than his head presents. The strong love of appro bation and the love of children ascribed to him are borne out in his organisation, which indicates also a tendency to temperance in eating and drinking. Had he been brought up a soldier or sailor, it is probable that his in born capacity for deeds of violence would never have been illicitly manifested. He had that within him which admitted of a different career than the brief one so tragically ended. That Muller had an intellect of no mean sort is certain. So far as evil can be well done, it served him well all through. During his fearful voyage home it enabled him to allay by reading his fearful consciousness. He kept his counsel well, and was led into the error of giving the jeweller's box to the child by a social virtue—the inborn love of children. Hope buoyed him to the last moment of existence; when its whisperings ceased, the "still small voice" made itself im peratively audible, triumphing for the first time, though, doubtless, it never had ceased to exercise its sacred functions. The Explosion at Erith. THE VERDIC T —(T HIS DAY.) This afternoon, the inquiry into the deaths caused by the explosion at Messrs Hall's stores in Erith marshes, was brought to a close atter many hours' inquiry, with the following verdict : " We find that the death of the persons (named in the inquisitions) was caused by an explosion of gunpowder, which originated on one of the barges belonging to Messrs Hall and Sons , which was unloading at the jetty of their magazine at Erith; but how that explosion originated there was not any evidence to show." The Foreman (Capt. APKillop) said —Mr .Coroner., the jury desire to make this addendum to their vet-diet : " From the evidence that has been adduced before the jury they would respectfully call the . attentioomissionsnof her Mm a- jesty's Governmen t to the many serious and i per f ec tions of the pres ent Acts of Parliament relating to the gunpowder trade, and would call attention to a few of the po ints on which immediate legislation is re quired. Firstly, the quantity of gunpowder stored in any one place or ncighbourhool, or any one powder magazine or railway train. Secondly, the construction and situa tion of magazines, their proximity to populous districts, to river walls, and other situations of danger, and to licens , ing the same. Thirdly. The construction of barges and other vessels for the conveyance of gunpowder, and to the ne cessity of their having better distinguishing marks. F o urthly. The shipping and discharging of gunpowder generally. Fifthly. The importance of Government in spection and supervision—the storing, placing. and convey • ance of gunpowder. Sixthly. The practices relating to the infringement of the Ac's of Parliament relating thereto, The jury also expressed theirappreciation of the service s of Sergeant Cox, and begged the coroner to forward their views to the proper quarter, which Mr Carttar said hq wouli do. The inquiry then terminated. LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening, DOWNING - STREET, Nov. 15. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Major General Sir Henry Knight Storks, G.C.8., G.C.M.G., to be Gover ner and Commander in Chief of the Island of Malta and its Dependencies. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Rawson, William RAwson, Esq.. C.B , to be Govcriaur and Com mander in Chief of the Bahama Islands. WHITEHALL, Nov. 14. , . _ The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Groat Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, grantingunto Henry Harington Molyneux-Seel, Gentleman, the office of Bluernantle I'ur suivant of Arms, vacant by the promotion of Henry Mur ray Lane, Eeq , to the office of Chester Herald. _ _ WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Nov. 15, lst Reginael_t of Dragoon Guards—Cornet Francis Burrell Alassingherd to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Buchan Hepburn, who retires—Arthur John Hamlyn Armstrong Coats, Gent.. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Ma.ssitgberd. Bth Hussars— Captain Hubert Plunkett Burke, from the 91st Paot, to be Captain, vice Goldsworthy, who ex changes. 10th Hussars—Cornet Hon. Henry George Louis Crichton to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant John Cecil Russell, appointed Adjutant. 15th Hussars—Cornet Robert Marcus Briscoe to be Instruc tor of Musketry, vice Captain James Alston Clark, who has resigned the appointment. 20th Hussars—Captain and Brevet Major Thomas Theo philus Boileau to be Major, vice Charles Campbell Hook, who retires on a pension equivalent to the halt pay of a Captain—Lieut. John Cutts Lockwood to be Captain, vice Brevet Major Boileau—Cornet Thomas Shepherd tc be Lieutenant, vice Lockwood. 2d Regiment of Foot—Lieut. Charles Fairbanks Lawson to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieut. George Tumor, deceased—Lavallin Robert Iltid Thomas, Gnt., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Henry Melvin Matthews, pro moted. 22d Foot—Ensign John St. George Wolseley to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Pennington Whinfield, deceased. 36th Foot—James Bromfield, Gent„ to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Charles Frederick Weston Underwood, trans ferred to the 67th Foot—Ensign George Matthew Rich mond, from the Military Train, to be Ensign, vice James Bromfield, transferred to the 43d Foot. 43d eoot—Ensign James Bromfield, from the 36th Foot. to be Ensign, vice Thomas Horner Pearson, promoted. 46th Foot—Lieutenant George T. Delme Radcliffe, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Alfred Henry Waaley, who retires—Ensign Alexander Clark-Kennedy to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Radcliffe—Ensign Charles Christie Pearson, from the 67th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Clark-Kennedy. 55th Foot—Lieutenant Osborne Samuel Delano-Osborne to be Captain, by purchase, vice Edward Marcus Arm strong, who retires—Ensign Francis Hoey 'Wade to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Delano-Osborne—Ensign Charles James Gordon Inglis, from the 62d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Wade. 62d Foot—Arthur James Chichester, Gent , to be Ensign, by purchase, vice C. J. G. Inglis, transferred to the 55th Foot. 67th Foot—Ensign Charles Frederick Weston 'Underwood, from the 36th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Charles Christie Pearson, transferred to the 46th Foot. 87th Foot—Lieutenant Archibald Neil Campbell to be In' etructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Albert Herbert B ugh Smith, promoted. 88th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Allen Owen to be Instruc tor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Frederick N. Dew, who has resigned the appointment. 91st Foot—Captain Walter Tuckfield Goldsworthy, from. the Sth Hussars, to be Captain, vice Burke, who ex changes. 109th Foot—Major Edwin Maude to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice Charles Stephen Whitehill, who retires on the pen sion of his rank—Captain and Brevet Major William Augustus Armstrong to be Major, vice Maude—Lieu tenant Charles Hay Coghlan to be Captain, vice Brevet Major Armstrong—Ensign George Simpson to be Lieu tenant, vice Coghlan—Gentleman Cadet Archie Wishart Gairdner, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Simpson. CAVALRY DEPOT (Canterbury)—Cornet Henry Fred. Twynaus, 3rd Dragoon Guards, to be Instructor of Mus ketry, vice Cornet Richard D'Olier George, 7th Dragoon Guards, who has resigned the appointment. s o p f en A s e e t d in w g it A h. s. As sistant IscuArLgeDonEGPAe,R3rTgMeEBNTI;o—n T h h a e v have e b r e v e i n c e d s PURVEYOR'S DEPARTMENT. —Purveyor's Clerk Thomas Wocdthorpe to be Deputy Purveyor, vice Andrew Hender son, deceased. MILITARY STORE DEPARTMENT. Superintendent of S o.es Thomas Challoner Marte'li ,a be Principal Superintendent et Stores, vice Jones, re- tired. Deputy Superintendent of Stores Edward Pengelley to Superintendent of Stores, vice Martelli. Assistant Superintendent of Stores Robert Alex. Trail Walker to bo Deputy Superintendent of Stores, vice Pen gelley. Deputy Assistant Superintendent of Stores Wll. Alex ander 11,1 mes to be Assistant Superintendent of Stores to complete establishment. Deputy Assistant Superperintendent of Stores, William Blake to be Assistant Superintendent of Stores, vice Walker. BREY ET. Lieut.-Col. Charles Stephen Whitehill, late 1090 a Pont, who has retired on a pensicu, to have the honorary rank of Colonel. Lieut. Patrick Cowley, Deputy Commissary, Bombay, to have the honorary rank of Captain. Lieutenant Jeremiah Coleman, Deputy Assistant Com missary, Bombay, to have the honorary rank of Captain. Deputy Assistant Commissary Patrick MeLouglin, Bombay, to be Lieutenant, the rank being honorary only. BANKRUPTS, That portion of the Gazette containing the Bankrupts had not arrived when we went to press. Course of Exchange,—This Day, _ Ams t er d am Ditto ...... Rotterdam — 12 0 Antwerp........._ — 25 621 Brussels — 25 621 Hamburg Paris .. Short. 25 20 Ditto Marseilles — 25 65 Frankfort on Maine — 120/ Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 291 11 16 12 1 12 25 671 25 671 13 91 25 '4;5 25 671 25 70 121 12 10 12 10 291 Berlin Madrid Cadiz — Leghorn — 25 90 Mil a n Genoa — 25 85 25 90 Naples 26 871 25 9 Palermo .. —2 i Messina — 26 87 . / 25 921 Lisbon - 51 51i Oporto - Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)......p er oz., £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars - 0 0} ______------- • 464 26 85 MARKETS —This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 15s to £5 7s M; clover, £5 Os to £6 10s Od ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 Os per load. Supply moderate. Trade slow. CIJNIRERLAND—Meadow hay, £3lss to £5 lOs Od; clover, £5 Os to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, 5s to £1 Os per load, A slow demand. _ _ WHITECIIAPEL,—Meadow hay £3lss to £5lOB Od; clover, £5 Os to £6 10s Od ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 93 per load, Trade inactive. COLONIAL. TEA—Business has remained inactive, the trade havin been occupied with the samples of the quality to be offered at public sale to-day. Sunen.—The market has remained rather dull, although prices generally are well sustained. In the refined market there is little change of importance to report on values. C OFFEE —There has been a strong d e mand for colonial descriptions at about previous quotations. Stocks on hand, compared with those of the same period of lust year, show a slight increase. RICE—A fair: amount of business has been done, and full rates are current for all descriptions. PURSUED BY INDIANS.—The Kansas correspon 4 dent of the New York Times gives an account of the re treat of an expedition sent a few weeks ago against the Indians, but suddenly encountered by superior numbers : "As soon as our party faced about to return, we had a lively and most exciting exhibition of their peculiar tactic:. Yelling, they circled nearly around us, et a distance of front 50 to 200 yards, each warrior riding at the top cf his pony's speed, circling to the left, always firing, and falling back to reload. The circle immediately near to us had about 200 warriors in it, and about 300 more reinforced them as need might be, while from the west hundreds of others, mounted or on foot, could be seen either hastening to the fight, or looking on as spectators. Our force consisted of about 60 m en. We occupied the cater, falling back slowly, the rear or front platoon , as the needs mi g ht be, facing about, or right or left , and by well directed volleys checking the yelling devils' furious ride and attack. Dlany of them must have been killed and wounded, as we could see them fall, be put on ponies again, and carried to the rear. The scene W4B ex citing beyond description. We retreated in good order for two or three miles, when the report was circulated that am munition was growing scarce. The order to countermarch became in danger of being a rout. By the strenuous exer tions of the officers the men were restrained till the main command appeared in sight, on the south side of the stream. Our difficulty was to get across. The banks were narrow and abrupt. The Inlians knew our object, and strenuously endeavoured to prevent if. At every ravine they sought to cut us off, and when we made a stand they set fire to the prairie, so as to smoke u out. One of the Indiana made himselt conspicuo us b y his dashing courage and dating horsemanship. Many of the men made especial attempts to shoot him, but seemingly he bore a charmed life. It made no difference, to all appearance, on what part the horse he rode. The fabled Centaur could not have been so completely identified with his animal as these Indians are with theirs. I n riding the circle all of their body visible was one arm and leg where they hung on the off side. Under the neck, belly, between the legs, it seemed to make no difference whence they fired. I know that the balls or arrows came most unpleasantly close. Riding without saddle or bridle, lariat loose and trailing on the ground, guiding the ponies by voice and limb, if one was dismounted all he had to do was to grasp the trailing lariat, and. he was remounted quicker than it, takes to tell the model 's